Sensei

Depends on what needs to be printed. How many of them, and what size. If I need one fast print or 8X10 I will do it here, but generally send work out. I found that I ran out of ink too often and didn't have as many choices of paper or other print medium in the sizes I might need. Who I send the work to will also vary. If I want a bunch of 4X6 or 8X10 that I don't have a client paying for them, shipping them off to Walmart via Picassa works well. I also find that a handy way of getting pics from one side of the country to another in an hour. But I will also send work out to a professional lab , when I want something larger or something that I will sell , art prints for example.

drbarrymary Loc: No. Carolina, Florida

I use the Epson R-1800 and the 1280 as a back up. Have had great success with them. I strongly recommend Epson.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

The Photo 1400 will do 13X19. I print them on mine quite often. My Stylus Photo 1400 was $300 as well. Actually a bit less at Costco. A set of 6 ink cartridges is about $75 ($12.50 each?) but they do a lot of printing and you can replace them one at a time instead of all at once as is the case with a single cartridge.

Epson has been known as the best photo printers for decades and I can personally vouch for their printers and scanners.

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

I agree Epson Photo Printers are very very good.I have a Photo R320 and can do a panoramic shot 23 inches long.Color reproduction and clarity is spot on

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

I totally agree with Mr.Wilson. have owned
every printer from a humble HP $39 job to a Richo $1500 machine but they all suffer from one big problem. Those stupid little cartridges all wear out very quickly and never give the print quantaties that the specs call for. I have an HP $400 all in one job. I rarely print in color but the confounded machine wont let you print B&W without all the color cartridges installed.
I often use CVS and am amazed at the quality stuff the produce. Tip, Enroll in CVS and Walgreens email club and every few weeks you get free 10x8 prints that are really superb. You email the files to them and pick the prints up in under 10 mins. Cant beat that,

Ian

Just Tami Loc: Long Island

I print my own I have a canon markII 9500 10 inks pigmented. I like printing my own. It goes on sale a lot. Sometimes there is a 300$ rebate with a gift card so it's in your price range checck out B&H I think I got it there overa year ago

renomike Loc: Reno, Nevada

[quote=gsrunyan][.I buy cartridges for my 9000 Mk II for $6 per color, $5 if I buy 3 or more of the same color.


Glen.... Are those Canon tanks you get or an off brand? Sorry I have the Canon 9500 Mark II Prixma, 10 tank. My old one is the i9100, I have it hooked up on my wifes computer.

Randyb1969 Loc: Armpit of California

This is a very good point. If you decide to print yourself, try to remember that when looking at the # of pages per cartridge, that is based on 5% coverage. When printing photographs, the coverage will be significantly higher.

coco1964 Loc: Winsted Mn

Have been using Shutterfly but have been running into big problems with B&W prints. They come back looking great in 4x6 format but when I want to go to 8x10 they come back looking like I used a heavy blue filter. Driving me nuts. Just getting into B&W and now this problem arises. Here is one I wanted enlarged to 8x10---looked pretty good to me but enlargement was a disaster......

gsrunyan Loc: Aurora, CO

[quote=renomike][quote=gsrunyan][.I buy cartridges for my 9000 Mk II for $6 per color, $5 if I buy 3 or more of the same color.


Glen.... Are those Canon tanks you get or an off brand? Sorry I have the Canon 9500 Mark II Prixma, 10 tank. My old one is the i9100, I have it hooked up on my wifes computer.[/quote]

I do not use the Canon carts: too expensive. The one time I bought some out of necessity, they leaked! I use carts from LDProducts and I can't tell the difference in the prints or in performance in my printer.

Glenn

renomike Loc: Reno, Nevada

Glenn.....Thats the trouble I had with off brands, leaking, or not releasing ink at all. I'll checck out LD Products... Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

Mike

ken_sturgill

I'll have to say that the Epson 1400 is an excellent printer. I have been using one for two years and the results are superb. Since ink cartridges are so expensive (there are 6) I use refillable cartridges (found on Ebay) with pigment ink I buy off Ebay and the results are as good as Epson ink at about 1/4 the cost. The largest print I have made is 11 X 14 although it will go 13 X 19 max. It also does superb borderless 4 X 6 prints (be sure to use borderless paper with the extra 1/2" to feed it through). In the two years I have owned it it has never given me a single problem.
I got mine on sale for about $200 but it appears the price has gone up a bit. I used to use HP but the ink carts were so expensive I gave them up for the Epson and have never looked back.
Good luck with your printer choice!

keithsmom Loc: Paradise found

bmw55.
hi..
First of all ,I'm just an amateur who loves photography!
for my personal preference,I simply print mine on an HP Photosmart 2610.all in one, fax,copy,scan ,print. It is on its last leg;being it was purchased 6 years ago. I have another Hp wireless waiting in the wings..
both were extremely inexpensive, present excellent results!
The BIG however here is the fact INK COSTS big bucks!!
For quality photos which have been sold, I use Snapfish..prices are reasonable..quality of product exceptional,
Think about how the machine will be used as your starting point.
then just go from there.
hope I've helped..
Loui♥

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Personally, I create borderless 4X6 prints with regular 4X6 paper on my Stylus Photo 1400 and there is no extra 1/2" on them. As a matter of fact, I also make 5X7, 8X10, 11X14, and 13X19 borderless prints with no extra 1/2" on them.

johnniejack Loc: Casper, Wyoming

Just a note about sending printing out. Watch out for the paper! There are many different outside places to get prints. Some are better than others. Most will do a creditable job, but machines read, interpret and print what is sometimes not what you intended. My real caution is longevity from thinness of paper used and their inks. Remember, they have to do a fair job as inexpensively as possible and the areas of paper and ink costs are suspect.

I prefer to do my own prints, up to 13x19, so I can control the results and reprint immediately or reprocess if not what I wanted. I invest in ink, printers and paper to process under my control. I will use the finer outside printers, i.e., those mentioned above for larger poster-sized output, since they will follow instructions as to how you want the prints done with great papers and long-lived inks.

In house,I process from Photoshop, and print from both an HP C8180 and Epson R1900 (up to 13x19 size). I use HP Soft Gloss Semisantinado and Epson Premium Lustre papers for the larger sizes. I also do 4x6 to 8x10 borderless just fine like Marcomarks states. If at all possible, try to keep your computer, monitor and printer calibrated for the best quality control. You probably will spend much time and money taking your best shots. Don't fail on the end results of very suitable prints for your efforts --- johnniejack